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Rain Throughout Most of Night Cuts Training Operations on Long Island Giant Cracker Summer Tan Find and Oil Painting Few Of Better Horses to Gallop GallopBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 3 Rain through most of the night curtailed training operations on the Long Island tracks this morning with compara ¬ tively few of the better horses being asked to do more than open gallops at Belmont and Aqueduct though Jamaica remained fast On the sloppy main track here Cain Hoy Stables speedy Giant Cracker skipped an impressive five furlongs in 101 in handy style Loyd Gentrys charge is a likely candidate for the Toboggan Hand ¬ icap at six furlongs on the straight course here that opens the meeting a week from Monday Last winter Giant Cracker was a rather lucky winner of the New Years Handicap at Tropical Park beating Switch On among others That victory on Jan ¬ uary 2 is believed to be the most recent scored by Capt Harry Guggenheims Stable StableSherrill Sherrill Ward sent Mrs John W Gal breaths Summer Tan an easy half on the main track the Heliopolis four yearold breezing the distance in 51 Greentree Stables juvenile colt Duck Heaven breezed a half in 51 51Mrs Mrs C O Iselins Easy Eight a three yearold nonstarter who has been training well for some weeks showed a liking for the slop this morning when he sped a half in 47 on the main track trackOver Over on the training track Alfred G Vanderbilts Find went a handy six fur ¬ longs in 1 14 in preparation for Saturdays Grey Lag Handicap It was an excellent move on this deep strip Mrs Joe Good ¬ wins good mare Oil Painting stepped the same distance in 117 her best move thus far this spring springMrs Mrs Jan Burkes Son of Erin winner of last weeks Swift Stakes and a candidate for the Withers on May 12 worked a half in 48 at Jamaica in company with the older Blue Pencil The track was described as fast by work watchers though there was water on it in many places placesAlso Also at Jamaica T P Morgans superior mudder Grover B blew out three furlongs in 35 in preparation for his return to the races in Fridays seventh event a sixfur ¬ long sprint Grover B is usually at his best when fresh Conduct Code who has not yet started went an impressive half in 47 from the gate at Jamaica
